diff --git a/bin/loopy b/bin/loopy
index 00231174e33f5cb47f424f40e954d0030ecdbf10..b169c6296acd453cf4183ee603813d186119d317 100644
--- a/bin/loopy
+++ b/bin/loopy
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ def main():
         _, ext = splitext(args.infile)
 
         lang = {
+                ".py": "loopy",
                 ".loopy": "loopy",
                 ".floopy": "fortran",
                 ".f90": "fortran",